Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 582 734
Rank change year-on-year -96 +152 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 114 89 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.18% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 82 61 54
10th Percentile £56,875 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £77,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -0.32% +3.67%
75th Percentile £82,188 £87,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £128,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 103,220 44,750 77,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 89.79% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,976 26,578 49,466
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -89 103 £72,500 -6.45% 36
UK excluding London -51 57 £72,500 +20.83% 16
London -88 50 £78,750 -1.56% 24
Work from Home -34 45 £70,000 +9.38% 16
East of England 0 22 £72,500 -3.33% 3
North of England -40 16 £77,500 +29.17% 5
Midlands -32 10 £70,000 - 2
East Midlands - 10 £70,000 -
North East - 9 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 6 £75,000 -
North West -12 4 £80,000 +33.33% 3
Yorkshire -46 3 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -37 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £58,565 -

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 September 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 114 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (50.00%) AWS
3 34 (29.82%) AI
3 34 (29.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 34 (29.82%) Software Engineering
4 29 (25.44%) CI/CD
5 27 (23.68%) RESTful
6 25 (21.93%) Test Automation
7 20 (17.54%) Azure
7 20 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (17.54%) Validation
8 19 (16.67%) API Design
9 18 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (14.91%) Generative AI
10 17 (14.91%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (14.04%) Event-Driven
11 16 (14.04%) Observability
12 15 (13.16%) Agile
12 15 (13.16%) Continuous Delivery
12 15 (13.16%) Swagger
13 14 (12.28%) FastAPI
13 14 (12.28%) Kubernetes
14 13 (11.40%) Docker
14 13 (11.40%) JavaScript
14 13 (11.40%) Linux
14 13 (11.40%) MongoDB
14 13 (11.40%) OO
14 13 (11.40%) OOP
14 13 (11.40%) React
15 12 (10.53%) AWS Lambda

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.88%) Apache
1 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 57 (50.00%) AWS
2 20 (17.54%) Azure
3 12 (10.53%) AWS Lambda
3 12 (10.53%) Serverless
4 8 (7.02%) Azure Service Bus
4 8 (7.02%) SaaS
5 5 (4.39%) Amazon S3
5 5 (4.39%) GitHub
6 3 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.88%) Dagster
8 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.65%) Broadband
2 8 (7.02%) MQTT
3 2 (1.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.88%) 4G
4 1 (0.88%) 5G
4 1 (0.88%) DNS
4 1 (0.88%) HTTP
4 1 (0.88%) SSH
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (11.40%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.14%) DynamoDB
3 7 (6.14%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.75%) GIS
6 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.88%) Milvus
6 1 (0.88%) MySQL
6 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Git
2 2 (1.75%) GitLab
2 2 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.88%) MLflow
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 17 (14.91%) Finance
2 14 (12.28%) Front Office
3 13 (11.40%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.65%) Games
5 10 (8.77%) Health Technology
5 10 (8.77%) Tech for Good
6 5 (4.39%) Banking
7 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.51%) Publishing
8 3 (2.63%) Law
8 3 (2.63%) Legal
9 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (23.68%) RESTful
2 15 (13.16%) Swagger
3 14 (12.28%) FastAPI
4 13 (11.40%) React
5 11 (9.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 10 (8.77%) Node.js
7 9 (7.89%) Flask
7 9 (7.89%) Kafka
7 9 (7.89%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (7.02%) OpenAPI
9 7 (6.14%) HTML
10 5 (4.39%) CSS
11 4 (3.51%) Jinja
11 4 (3.51%) Next.js
11 4 (3.51%) Pandas
11 4 (3.51%) REST
11 4 (3.51%) Terraform
11 4 (3.51%) Vue
12 3 (2.63%) Django
12 3 (2.63%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.68%) Cloud Native
2 15 (13.16%) Algorithms
3 13 (11.40%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (10.53%) Data Structures
5 11 (9.65%) Equities
5 11 (9.65%) Hedge funds
5 11 (9.65%) Low-Code
5 11 (9.65%) Management Information System
5 11 (9.65%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (3.51%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.63%) PropTech
8 2 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.75%) Derivative
8 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) NHS
8 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.75%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.40%) Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Unix
2 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.82%) AI
1 34 (29.82%) Full-Stack Development
1 34 (29.82%) Software Engineering
2 29 (25.44%) CI/CD
3 25 (21.93%) Test Automation
4 20 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (17.54%) Validation
5 19 (16.67%) API Design
6 17 (14.91%) Generative AI
6 17 (14.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (14.04%) Event-Driven
7 16 (14.04%) Observability
8 15 (13.16%) Agile
8 15 (13.16%) Continuous Delivery
9 13 (11.40%) OO
9 13 (11.40%) OOP
10 12 (10.53%) Machine Learning
10 12 (10.53%) Mentoring
11 11 (9.65%) Change Management
11 11 (9.65%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 114 (100.00%) Python
2 13 (11.40%) JavaScript
3 12 (10.53%) SQL
4 11 (9.65%) C++
4 11 (9.65%) Go
5 9 (7.89%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.75%) Bash
6 2 (1.75%) Rust
6 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) Bicep
7 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (1.75%) AWS Certification
1 2 (1.75%) Degree
1 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.65%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (11.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (12.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.75%) Grafana
3 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.88%) Puppet